My opinion of using peat for adjusting pH -- not worth the effort. In my case I used peat granules in a canister filter (1 cup for a 40-gal tank). It lowered the pH from 7.4 to 7.2 for about 2 weeks...

My male guppy has a shredded tail and crooked back. He swims but it looks like a struggle. He is kept in a 40-gal with 2 pearl gouramis, 3 female guppies, 3 julii cories, a dozen cardinal tetras and...

I've been planning an experiment that maybe you might want to try. In Diana Walstad's book she talks about a "siesta" lighting regimen on low-tech tanks. Basically she turns the light on for 4 hours,...

Yes, I was worried about the wheels. But even with 160 pounds of water and 50 pounds of live rock, it didn't so much as jiggle. My initial test for it was to stand on it -- I'm only 112 pounds, but I...

I always found that if your salt levels aren't wildly out of whack, and you have argonite/calcium carbonate sand and rock, and as long as you're not adding a bunch of chemicals and stuff to the tank...

Yes, for coral it's preferred to have a higher salinity than lower, but if you keep both coral and fish, you may want to go a little lower. There's really no hard and fast rule. Consistency is best....

If you didn't take out the wood chips from the miraclegro, that's prolly what's causing the brown coloring. One way you can know for sure is to set up two glass cups with tank water in each. Then put...